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Insider's Guide to Austin

Where to eat, sleep, shop and play in the quirky tech hub (and capital) of Texas

Feb. 28, 2014 5:47 p.m. ET

THERE MAY BE no more magnetic town in America today than the Texas capital. Austin anchors the fastest-growing metro area in the country, with a population that expanded by more than 2% in 2013. It's a perennial on "best city" lists, lauded for its job prospects and its friendliness to small business, its music and its barbecue and its breakfast tacos. It has also become a place of pilgrimage, especially during South by Southwest, the film, music and technology festival that swamps the town for three weeks each...